Minerva
A girls’ name of Latin origin, meaning goddess of wisdom and warfare.
Minerva by the numbers
In 2025, 8 babies in England and Wales were named Minerva. In the US, 68 were, though that figure is from 2017, the most recent full year we hold.
It is used at about the same rate on both sides of the Atlantic.
Its American peak was 221 babies in 1955, making it a 1950s name.
Spelled almost the same
Other names in the records within a letter or two of Minerva. Close spellings are not always related names, but they are usually worth seeing together.
- Milevagracious; merciful6 in the US (2017)
Other names that mean God
Like Minerva, each of these has God in its meaning. Different names, different histories, the same idea.
- Isabellapledged to God15,112 in the US (2017)
- Elizabethmy God is an oath8,924 in the US (2017)
- Angelmessenger of God6,157 in the US (2017)
- Auroradawn; Roman goddess of sunrise1,030 in England and Wales (2025)
- SamanthaGod has heard; feminine form of Samuel4,308 in the US (2017)
- Micahwho is like God3,924 in the US (2017)
Other names that mean wisdom
Like Minerva, each of these has wisdom in its meaning. Different names, different histories, the same idea.
- Sophiawisdom14,848 in the US (2017)
- Sofiawisdom1,490 in England and Wales (2025)
- Skylarscholar, learned one; a modern respelling of Schuyler4,984 in the US (2017)
- Quinndescendant of Conn; wise and intelligent4,467 in the US (2017)
- Sophiewisdom724 in England and Wales (2025)
- Athenagoddess of wisdom and warfare519 in England and Wales (2025)
Names about as common as Minerva
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